woodwind/brass
Präludium: “Momentum” (2022) — Saxophone Quartet (5’) | commissioned by Arcis Saxophon Quartett
percussion
9 Moons (2023) — vibraphone and marimba duo & fixed media (5’30) | commissioned by Salisbury University Percussion Ensemble
the season of Big rain (Mbura ya Njahĩ) (2020) — for marimba trio (7’30) | Premiered by Heartland Marimba in January 2021 & recorded by Third Coast Percussion
The Colour of Home (2021) — solo percussion (2 flowerpots, bongos, a floor tom, water) & fixed media (10’) | commissioned by Tetractys New Music
piano
laika, bluu (2020) — piano duo (7’) | premiered and recorded by Chromic Duo
Ardhi (2017) — solo piano (4.32’)
It Only Ever Rains in November (2016) — solo piano (3.15’)
strings
one, your name (2021) — double bass + fixed media (5’30) | commissioned by Ian Fales
Arabuko (2017) — violin and cello (4’)
The Traveler’s Dilemma (2017) — solo cello (3.15’)
vocal
You, A Camel Bride! (2024) — 3 upper voices & marimba | commissioned by Afro-Pfignsten festival
Veils (2021) — soprano with piano accompaniment (7’20) | commissioned by Isabella Argondizza
Questions on the Origins of Creativity (2019) — soprano (+ body percussion) & piano accompaniment (3.30’) | written for the NEO Voice Festival, 2019
Release (2019) — 3 upper voices, cello, viola, and double bass
Moonlight/Nothing on You (2018) — 1 main voice (+ 2 harmonies), piano, glockenspiel/vibraphone, cello, and double bass
Savannah (2017) — 3 upper voices (SSA) & piano (3.40’)
Roots (2017) — 2 upper voices and piano, viola and cello (4.10’)
choral
Ngurumo, or Feeding Goats Mangoes (arr. 2023) — SATB Choir (or 2 voices) & String/Cello Orchestra (Language: Kiswahili)
Raw Sugar (2020) — unaccompanied TTB (5.10’) | commissioned by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus Men’s Ensemble
Questions on the Origins of Creativity (2019) (5’) — for SATB (with body percussion) & piano (4.30’) | premiered by Voices of Silicon Valley in July 2021
When the Stars Collide (2017) — for 6 upper voices and vibraphone (4.20’)
ensemble and orchestra
Ngurumo, or Feeding Goats Mangeos (arr. 2023) — arranged for SATB Choir (or 2 voices) & String/Cello Orchestra [Language: Kiswahili]
Naila’s Peace Place (arr. 2022) — arranged for Cello Octet/String Orchestra, fixed media, and vibraphone
laika, bluu (2020) (arr. 2021) — arranged for oboe, clarinet, 2 percussionists (glockenspiel/vibraphone and marimba), piano
Nyokabi + ensemble/orchestra*
Music from Nyokabi’s experimental records, “peace places: kenyan memories” and “FEELING BODY”, arranged for the concert stage.*
with defunensemble (flute, clarinet, piano, cello)
Galu — voice/kalimba/electronics, flute, clarinet, piano, cello
feeling body — voice/electronics, flute, clarinet, piano, cello
with String Orchestra of Brooklyn (string orchestra) & Matt Evans (percussion)
Nazama (from “FEELING BODY) — voice, String Orchestra, vibraphone
with Cello Octet Amsterdam (cello octet) + Matt Evans (percussion)
A Walk Through My Cũcũ’s Farm (2022) — voice, cello octet, drumkit
Equator song (2022) — voice, cello octet, electronics, additional voices (speaking)
*at the moment, these are only performable with Nyokabi Kariũki (voice, electronics, kalimbas).
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Above: Galu, with defunensemble in Helsinki, Finland (June 2023)
Below: Naila’s Peace Place with String Orchestra of Brooklyn & Matt Evans in New York (March 2023)